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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






2. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






3. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






4. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






5. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






6. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






7. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






8. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






9. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






10. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






11. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






12. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






13. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






14. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






15. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






16. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






17. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






18. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






19. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






20. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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21. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






22. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






23. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






24. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






25. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






26. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






27. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






28. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






29. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






30. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






31. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






32. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






33. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






34. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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35. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






36. Wide Range Achievement Test






37. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






38. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






39. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






40. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






41. State Board of Eduation






42. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






43. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






44. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






45. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






46. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






47. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






48. Whole body learning






49. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






50. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.